Rising Repair Costs, Salvage Values, and Technologies Threaten Paint and Body Equipment Suppliers

www.frost.com | Mar 27, 2008

Paint manufacturers, distributors and body shops are facing fewer cars repaired at North American body shops, while more efficient painting processes even reduces the amount of paint needed, but as unprofitable competitors are squeezed out, those that remain will be stronger, allowing them to

http://www.frost.com/prod/servlet/market-insight-top.pag?Src=RSS&docid=125727525

EZ Drape takes the wraps off masking paper

www.flightglobal.com | Jun 20, 1997

American firm Mask-Off has Paris all wrapped up in Hall 3/B16c - after a year of development, the firm has just launched EZ Drape here at the show. This roll of polyethylene is used instead of brown paper as a mask when painting aircraft.

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/1997/06/20/5067/ez-drape-takes-the-wraps-off-masking-paper.html

Inman Real Estate News - Proper masking essential to quality paint job

As any experienced painter will tell you, good painting is not about how to get the paint onto the surface – it's about how to keep it off everything else!

http://www.inman.com/inmannews.aspx?ID=41444

An Untapped Market (ForConstructionPros.com)

Homeowners today are more likely than ever before to do projects themselves rather than hiring a professional. To properly serve these customers, be sure to have a wide range of products to meet their needs and a properly trained staff that can be a resource of information for DIY projects.

http://www.forconstructionpros.com/print/Rental-Product-News/Features/An-Untapped-Market/6FCP888

TCI Products- pbe- lacquer thinner- masking paper- sheeting- solvents- cans

TCI Products was founded in 1975 and has been providing our customers with quality products ever since. TCI is committed to a reliable, honest and friendly atmosphere for our customers, suppliers, and employees; testimony to our near zero turnover of customers and employees.

http://www.tciproducts.com/

3M™ Industrial Tape

www.tapecase.com

3M industrial tapes combine 3M pressure sensitive adhesives with backings such as metal, polyester, vinyl, or crepe. The end results are solutions for protecting, masking, enhancing, or in other ways modifying surfaces to improve appearance, function, and productivity.

http://www.tapecase.com/c.157.1.1/industrial-tape.aspx

Fiberglass Supply (Surfboards, Windsurfers, Kayaks, Canoes, Boats , Autos and more)

Formerly known as Monterey Bay Fiberglass, in June of 1997 we sold our California store and changed our name to Fiberglass Supply. We retain the "Itching for Fun" attitude and our commitment to helping our customers build lighter, faster, stronger and better products.

http://www.fiberglasssupply.com/

HangOn GmbH

www.hangon.co.uk

Nylon bags for masking larger products. Simple application with drawstring for tightening around the product, will withstand normal powder coating temperatures. Also sold in sheet format by the metre. Special maskings can also be welded. Ask for a quotation!

http://www.hangon.co.uk/tt/de.asp?dbId=1138